oneoldsap, I should probably get a chronograph and buy a few more powders and just find out once and for all what gets me the most velocity. And Quickload would be nice to have. But, I'll probably just stick with the loads I have. If higher bullet velocity was that important to me, I'd just put money into a 20 inch barrel (not 22 and not 24) and go from there. If I really have to reach out and touch, my Sako 270 does an excellent job for as far out as I ever did and probably ever will shoot a deer (450). I'll just use the stumpy barreled 260 for the 'small' pasture.